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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Get Tempted By Bronwyn Stuart!!

Oooh-Da-Lolly!! Welcome back, TLN'ers!We've got a very special author visiting today . . . and the best part is we saw her here first as A Novice Watch!Please help me welcome BRONWYN STUART!I've known Bronwyn for a couple of years now--since she trounced me in a contest--and have thoroughly enjoyed following her career. When I need motivation, Bronwyn is definitely one of the first writerly peeps I look up to. Her blog is often filled with fabulous writing information and inspirational pep-talks. Her debut novel, SCANDAL'S MISTRESS released last month from Carina Press (which is very exciting news!)Grab a sweet a treat and get comfy. Enjoy a little 'me time' with an author who is bound to sweep you off your feet . . .

1)If you were a book, what would your blurb be?

In all her days Bronwyn
Stuart never thought she would find the man of her dreams, have a beautiful
family or discover the answer to “what do you want to be when you grow up”. But
she did.

What will the future hold
for this upcoming author? Will she be the next Stephanie Laurens or Johanna
Lindsay? You’ll have to stay tuned to find out…

2)Using three words describe your voice.

Emotional, deep, fun

3)What was it like getting "The Call"
from your publisher? Want to share a little bit about that day?

Actually mine came as an
email. Every morning I check my emails before I get out of bed, while the house
is still nice and quiet. This one day I had an email from Angela James in the
preview it said ‘I’m sorry I can’t…’ as Yahoo is wont to do from time to time
to get my ticker going. Then I opened the email expecting the worse, the
dreaded rejection, but then it said, ‘I’m sorry I can’t make this offer in
person’. It was the email I had been waiting for for years. I jumped out of bed
ran squealing around the house and then called the hubby. I can’t even describe
how it feels to get the call. You almost want to cry. In a good way.

4)What has been the biggest change for you since
crossing over from novice to published author?

Revisions. Definitely
revisions. When you’re editing your own work to send out to publishers and
agents, there are so many things you don’t see or don’t do. Plot holes,
unfinished characters, loose ends. When you start revisions and someone else
points out the problems with your book, there is so much work to do it’s
daunting. Trust me when I say you will learn more than you ever had from this
step.

5)Do you have any advice for the all the novice
writers out struggling to get published?

The first thing would be
hone your craft. Never think you’ve learned everything there is to learn
because I guarantee you, you’re about to be proven wrong. The last thing is
finish the book. An unfinished book isn’t of interest to anyone anywhere. Give
your characters the chance to have their story told.

6)Tell us a little about SCANDAL'S MISTRESS. What
was your favorite part of crafting Justin and Carmalina's story?

Honestly, I loved the
whole story from beginning to end. I loved Justin’s internal torture and
Carmalina’s unfairness in her situation. I loved dangling the happy ever after
and then making them work for it. So far, out of everything I’ve written,
theirs is my favourite story.

7)What's up next for you? Any news you'd like to
share?

My next book releases
with Carina Press in April called Behind the Courtesan. It’s another deep and
emotional story, this time about a courtesan who must return to her home
village fourteen years after she flees, raped and broken. Her family and her
best friend had no idea why she left or what happened but it’s time for Sophia
to take her life more firmly in her own hands and find the one place she can
belong.

But Blake Vale can’t
forgive her for leaving, he doesn’t care the reasons why. He can’t forget that
she now makes her living on her back. The two must face their demons in order
to have any kind of future. Together or apart…

Blurb for:Scandal’s
Mistress

London, 1805Justin Trentham, third son of the Earl of Billington, is
determined to get himself disowned from his cold and unloving family. Despite
his numerous affairs with questionable women of the ton, his parents
continue to be dismissive of his ploys, but Justin spots the perfect scandal in
the form of a beautiful, exotic Italian opera singer...Carmalina Belluccini refuses to become his mistress,
despite being tempted by his charms. But after losing her singing voice, she
finds herself destitute. She agrees to be Justin's mistress for one month,
until she has enough money to return to her beloved Italy.She intends to keep their arrangement strictly business,
but after witnessing Justin's vulnerable side, she finds herself falling more
in love than in lust with him. Carmalina is having second thoughts about
leaving England...but is their love strong enough to survive the scandal of the
season?

I'd like to thank Bronwyn for letting me interview her--again (lol). I can't wait to see what the future has in store for my lovely and extremely talented friend. Here's wishing her tons of success with SCANDAL'S MISTRESS! If you'd like to know more about Bronwyn Stuart, please click on over to her delicious websitewww.bronwynstuart.com.auFind her on Facebook (Bronwyn Stuart Romance
Author)

Or twitter (Bronwyn Stuart)THANK YOU, TLN'ers for swinging by. Hope your weekend is utterly divine and full of productivity. Catch you back next week! TTFN~ Sarah